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Animal use in education: University of Copenhagen wants to significantly reduce the use of laboratory animals
Sunday, 17 November 2024 16:35As the popular science news portal Videnskab.dk has reported, course organizers in the life sciences are to be urged to stop using animals in their courses. This would mean a saving of around 700-800 animals a year.
Brazil paves the way for animal-free chemical testing
Thursday, 07 November 2024 13:52According to the non-governmental organization Humane Society International, the Brazilian Senate has passed a new law on chemical management that limits animal testing to a last resort and requires the development of a strategic plan for the complete elimination of animal testing. The law still has to be approved by the Brazilian President.
Baden-Württemberg: 3R network expanded by three new 3R centers
Wednesday, 06 November 2024 12:11The Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts is funding three additional 3R centers in Baden-Württemberg. The new institutions will primarily develop digital and AI-supported approaches. The Ministry is providing 750,000 euros over the next three years for this purpose.
Hepatitis E inflammation damages the kidneys
Tuesday, 05 November 2024 18:00Nephropathologists Birgit Helmchen and Ariana Gaspert, molecular biologist Anne-Laure Leblond and other researchers from France and Switzerland have discovered how a hepatitis E virus infection can also damage the kidneys by examining tissue samples from infected individuals.
Windsor: Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods (CCAAM) closed
Friday, 01 November 2024 17:39The University of Windsor has officially closed the Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods (CCAAM). The reason given is budgetary constraints. CCAAM is now dependent on financial aid. The closure is in clear contradiction to Bill S-5 of June 2023 - a law that aims, among other things, to reduce and replace the use of vertebrate animals in toxicity testing of chemicals.
Malaysia: Animal-free antibody staining
Tuesday, 29 October 2024 11:46The Malaysian biotechnology group Biogenes Technologies launches the world's first aptamer-based histochemistry staining product developed using its proprietary biocomputational platform APTCAD.com. The product offers users with animal-free option to antibodies that are extracted from animals.
Saltatory excitation conduction on a chip
Monday, 28 October 2024 19:51Together with scientists from the University of Central Florida, Hesperos Inc. in Orlando has developed a model of peripheral myelination derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. It enables research into therapies for currently incurable diseases of the peripheral nervous system, such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease or Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Conference on the roadmap for phasing out animal use in chemical testing
Saturday, 26 October 2024 14:48On October 25, the European Commission hosted the second conference on the roadmap for phasing out animal testing in the safety assessment of chemicals. The focus was on bringing order to the objectives, accelerating recognition and securing funding.
VICT3R reduces animal use through virtual control groups
Wednesday, 23 October 2024 14:56VICT3R (Developing and implementing VIrtual Control groups To reducE animal use in toxicology Research) is a public-private partnership funded by the European Innovative Health Initiative (IHI). The aim is to reduce animal use in toxicology research, improve scientific results and maintain higher ethical standards.
Berlin: EU funding for regulatory T-cell products as drugs
Thursday, 17 October 2024 11:45Researchers at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) have received funding form European Research Council (ERC). For their studies, they are using human induced pluripotent stem cells.
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